Leg and support joinery

After fixing the holes in the legs, it was time to square up the top supports and begin on the large motise and tenon joints on the underbracing. I started by finding the center of the supports and measuring out from there:

After that, I carefully marked out what needed to be removed:

I used a combination of a 3/8” mortise bit (for the corners), a 2” forstener bit (for the large middle section), and a hand chisel to clean up everything else.

A dado bit on the table saw made the large Tenon’s on the tops of the legs.

I plan on draw boring the top, but can’t yet do that until I finish the M&Ts on the cross beams on the bottom. The reality of the size and weight of this table is now starting to sink in, and I feel like it’s going to be massive.